Hollywood’s diversity problem doesn’t just impact the faces we see on screens large and small. It’s mirrored in the fact that very few films or TV shows are helmed by people of color. It’s a stain on the industry’s oh,
Celebrity couples like Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward may have stood the test of time, but many Hollywood marriages end in divorce. Sometimes the splits happen in embarrassingly short order. Just ask Britney Spears or Kim Kardashian. That sorry state
Jason Biggs is teaming up with PETA to lob a social media grenade at SeaWorld. And the video the two created would fit in nicely with Biggs’ most famous franchise–the American Pie series. The expletive-laden video finds Biggs attempting to
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Many Hollywood forces want California to boost the number of tax incentives given to filmmakers to keep projects from fleeing the state. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti is one of the biggest proponents of the potential increase. Gov. Jerry Brown, however,
The Indian-born pitchers at the heart of Million Dollar Arm live in an economically distressed neighborhood. Thanks to a visiting reality talent show, they may get the chance to boost their incomes immeasurably. All it will take is determination, practice
Was it something he did … or said? Liberal actor Alec Baldwin, who previously donated a cool $1 million to the New York Philharmonic and sits on its board, got booed by that company’s audience Thursday night. To be fair,
It’s a song that’s as much a part of the summer as School’s Out and Summer in the City. It’s also unabashedly racist, according to National Public Radio. The 1916 ditty written by Harry C. Browne is a familiar tune
Don’t bother telling Mark Ciardi the odds. The former University of Maryland standout made the big leagues before injuries derailed his pitching dreams. He then steered his ambitions toward another industry almost impossible to crack–Hollywood. In a few years Ciardi
It’s easy to tell Gareth Edwards is relatively new to Hollywood. The director of the new Godzilla reboot is talking up the film as a climate change treatise even though the finished product barely registers as such. The new Hollywood
Moms’ Night Out co-director Jon Erwin has a simple message for critics who slammed his film for what the stay-at-home mom character supposedly represents. “You’re not offending me and my movie. You’re offending tens of millions of women including my wife,”
Sen. Harry Reid is a comedian’s dream come true. Sadly, we live in an age when comedians care more about the letter prefacing a politician’s name than his or her comic net worth. One report says Reid mentioned the Koch
Podcast king Adam Carolla drills down into life’s problems in his work, a tactic not unlike most of his comedy peers. Carolla offers a different spin on standard observational humor. The erstwhile carpenter provides solutions to life’s woes–some comical, some
Spike Lee correctly identified a major weapon used against conservatives today by the left, but he did so through a self-interested lens. The famed director recently had a chummy Q&A with Deadline.com, and the subject of Lee’s image as an
The oh, so tight race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman in California is attracting some unlikely political forces. Last week, singer Alanis Morissette recorded a campaign song for Marianne Williamson, one of several candidates vying to fill the
Two seemingly ordinary pictures set the Web ablaze in recent weeks, serving up priceless media attention for properties with plenty of cash to commit to traditional marketing moves. Late last month we saw a simple photograph of actors huddling in
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine might get more than a massive monetary windfall should their business deal with Apple go through. The duo, who created the popular Beats brand of headphones and later added a music component to their company,
Is Greg Gutfeld wearing a Jimmy Fallon mask these days? Once more, the new Tonight Show host took ObamaCare to task during his monologue Monday, and darned if Fallon didn’t summon the spirit of the Fox News mainstay with a
A simple elevator ride turned into a fist fight last week involving two of the biggest musicians on the planet. Rapper Jay-Z and Beyoncé were riding on an elevator May 5 at a Met Gala after party in New York
Chris Brown, the 25-year-old musician better known of late for his court dates than concerts, will stay in an LA jail after telling a judge he violated his parole. The incident involved Brown allegedly breaking the nose of a man
Robin Williams should look on the bright side–now he’ll have plenty of time to squeeze back into his Mrs. Doubtfire apron. Williams, who became a star thanks to his sitcom smash Mork & Mindy, failed to snare a second season
If agents from ICM Partners want to stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel or the Hotel Bel-Air, they better be prepared with their personal credit cards. The boycott against the Sultan of Brunei for adopting Sharia Law continues to grow
Filmmaker Phelim McAleer isn’t surprised that most mainstream news outlets ignored his crowdfunding campaign to make a TV movie detailing Kermit Gosnell’s crimes. “The New York Times hasn’t touched it, the LA Times hasn’t touched it,” McAleer tells Breitbart News
Faith-based movies wear their religion on their sleeves. Mom’s Night Out wears spilled milk on its blouse. This PG-rated comedy packs not a spiritual punch but a mild, almost feathery uppercut. The film follow three moms who could really use some
The plan to make a TV movie about convicted late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell started on the wrong foot when a major crowdfunding web site threatened to shut it down before it even started. Today, the Gosnell movie is officially a
Woody Allen’s character in the new comedy Fading Gigolo is interchangeable with some of the schleps he’s played in the past. “Broadway” Danny Rose comes rushing to mind, but with a sense of mischief and looser standards. Fading Gigolo isn’t an
Hip-hop veteran Dr. Dre is about to get a big boost to his bank account. The rapper’s Beats Electronic company, known for its trendy headphones and music streaming, is being seriously pursued by Apple. Should the deal happen, it would
Patricia Heaton says she sometimes wonders if being a conservative in Hollywood hurts her career. A “wave” will pass over the Emmy-winner from time to time where she thinks, “Am I being passed over?” Heaton told a group of reporters
Sean Penn is taking a page out of President Barack Obama’s playbook but twisting it to his own socialist-friendly liking. Obama has gotten plenty of mileage for blaming his predecessor for the country’s woes. Now, Penn is blaming Venezuelan president
Part of President Barack Obama’s current LA fundraising tour found him accepting an award Wednesday from a Holocaust organization founded by Steven Spielberg. The event stuck plenty of appropriately somber notes, but the gala kicked off with a jokes a-plenty
Producer Rich Peluso says the new comedy Mom’s Night Out isn’t another Son of God or Heaven Is for Real. “This is about some people who happen to be Christians, dealing with obstacles and issues in their lives,” says Peluso,
President Barack Obama is back in California to snarl traffic and collect even more Hollywood money. The president will kick off a series of Golden State fundraisers tonight, the 14th such trip since he took office in 2009, according to
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a California Congressman? Dean Cain, the star of The New Adventures of Lois & Clark, is considering a political run in the heart of Hollywood. The timing of such a move,
American Idol’s most famous runner up is in first place–for now. Clay Aiken’s bid to face off with two-term Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina could be successful should his current vote total hold. Tuesday’s primary election between the
Comic actor Seth Rogen says he might have kept his feelings about Justin Bieber to himself had the pop star not been involved in an egging incident and drag racing misadventures. Now, Rogen says, it’s game on. Rogen trashed the
As early voting starts in the race to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), singer Alanis Morissette has cut a campaign song for independent candidate Marianne Williamson. The tune Today brims with the word “revolution” as well as the brand
Simon Pegg dabbled in apocalyptic nightmares via his zombie horror comedy Shaun of the Dead. Now the British actor and Star Trek star is trying to scare “deniers” into accepting the climate change doomsayers. Pegg fired off the following tweet
The inhabitants of Eden Parish don’t live in a Nanny State. It’s more like a Father State. “Father” is the name of the community leader in the new horror film The Sacrament. He’s an old southern gent whose unsteady gait
Irreplaceable is a 90-minute argument in favor of the traditional, Biblical definition of the family unit. That puts it directly in the cross hairs of a more modern, progressive view of family, witness a new online petition asking theaters not
Katie Couric broke boundaries by tackling the male-dominated world of nightly newscasts and, recently, signed on with Yahoo to cover news for the online portal. That’s the positive spin on her post-Today show career. Her CBS newscast ratings never measured
Hollywood mogul David Geffen famously threw his support behind then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008 rather than Sen. Hillary Clinton. The decision sounded personal, with Geffen calling the Clinton family’s political machine “very unpleasant and unattractive and effective.” Geffen also said
